Superstar SS-676

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Maybe we will see a Stryker 955 variant from Galaxy? This could be fun!

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

Anderson has it in stock:

Superstar SS-676 AM/FM 10 Meter Transceiver

Amateur, and CB Radio Antennas, radios, supplies and accessories. More CB Base Antennas than anybody!

www.andradsupply.com

 

[Eldorado828]

Maybe Ranger copied the Qixiang like they copied the Uniden back in the day? Ranger must have bought the license and parts.

Exactly what I thought. Back to their same scheme but we already know what the quality control looks like.

So they couldn't beat em so instead copy em!

It's funny in a sense that they bought an anytone to clone it. That's dirty!

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

So is this just the 447 in a different dress with a bit more power, or something different and worthwhile?

It has RT1 transistors so the operator can have bragging rights. They should have given it the noise reduction feature at least....

 

[AudioShockwav]

Ranger has about 40 years of clone experience, starting with the Uniden export boards.
I doubt Q is making the heat sinks and cases for the radio they build, I bet that Ranger is buying the case and heatsink from the same supplier and putting a new clone board in it.
I agree with ST, why not add NRC ?

73
Jeff

 

[Tucker442]

I’ll be laughed at, but I like it. I spotted it the other day at Walcott Radio. I like the size, the look, the meter, and the 80 watts. Not a lot of bells and whistles, and I don’t care for SSB so it might be a good radio for me as a replacement for my 50-year-old Royce and KL203.

50 years old Royce? You’ll never find a radio today that had the quality parts as the Royce did.

 

[BC Coyote]

50 years old Royce? You’ll never find a radio today that had the quality parts as the Royce did.

The problem being that those parts, especially electrolytic caps, that were quality 50 years ago have now degraded to the point where they may not even function anymore....... and then there's wear and tear, corrosive glue, corrosion etc. etc.

The cost to make a 50 year old Royce a top performer again far exceeds the cost of just buying a new radio. And the new radio will have performance far exceeding what the Royce had, even when new.